No matter what, setting up a new house is expensive! The good thing for me is that I love doing it and it is even better when I find great deals to make it so much less expensive. I try so hard to make it look good without spending a lot of money. I am definitely my mother's daughter. She would shop around forever to get the best deal. Now, when my sisters and I are together, if someone is complimented on something cute our first response is, "Guess how much I paid for it?". Usually, we are only impressed if it was under $10. This weekend we got Brielle's new room set up. I am so excited about it. We bought her a basic twin size mattress at Costco for $140 a few weeks ago. We had no frame or bed to put it on though so I kept looking on Craigslist.org (people selling used furniture) for a frame. Well, on Saturday morning I came across a woman selling a Pottery Barn headboard, mattress, box spring, frame, two Pottery Barn side tables, a little lamp and some white shelves - all for $150!! Yahoo. So we rushed over before someone else could buy it and bought it all and took the mattress back to Costco. Now she has a whole Pottery Barn cute room all for the price of the twin mattress! Can you believe it? 
The bed is a full size. It's kind of crazy that a little 19 pound girl has such a big bed. I didn't have more than a twin until I was 25 and bought it myself. Oh well, she'll get to have this cute little room until Ava joins her and they both have twin beds.
I also worked on the kitchen a little last week. I went around to lots of stores and checked things out and got ideas. I then went to D.I. and other clearance sales and decorated on top of the kitchen cabinets just how I wanted, but for a 1/4 of the price! Yeah!
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Brie's room looks great !
You are my inspiration Alicia, I have a hard time buying or waiting for a great deal. I am trying and I started last night I bought my first item on craigslist last night and I loved it.
You are right...bananas and rice cereal look so much better mashed into "beautiful, soft, plush, wool rugs" than into linoleum.
Your decorating talent amazes me. I wish you could have left just a smidgen of it for me! I literally have no talent, and very little interest. Everything looks great, and you will learn about the carpet on your own I guess. :) haha
I love your decorating. Every room looks great! I really love above the cupboards in the kitchen, is it a beach theme? Great job, I can't wait to see it.
I absolutely love Brie's room. That bedroom set is such a great deal!! How do you get so lucky?!! Pottery Barn! Brie is a lucky girl. I think it all looks so good! I have been looking for the black table. I will keep you updated.
Wow! I'm so impressed with your decorating skills. When you are all finished, come over and redecorate my whole house--it really needs it and I have absolutely NO TALENT in that area. Like Ariana said: "Grandma, your house needs an extreme makeover."
Where do I start?
I LOVE Brie's room and can NOT believe the deal. There's nothing I love more than a good deal.
I LOVE the paint color in the kitchen, and the decorations you've added are perfect. I love a crisp white, with a beachy blue- that was my old bedroom. Well done.
And I do LOVE that rug. It's funny- you have tile and wanted a rug. We have carpet and want tile. Brie must be a very neat eater.
Oh- also, the shelves in Brielle's room- are those pegs on them. I think it would be cute to hang her name from them with that orange/red ribbon.
Wow. I really appreciate everyone's compliments. How nice. I'm glad for the reassurance that things are coming along ok. I always want to ask your opinions, but your not here! Thank you. Mostly, I'm writing to say . . . Laura - You are the smartest person EVER! I have been racking my brain trying to think what to hang on those stinkin pegs. I haven't had a clue! Great idea.
Oh, I know, I know about a rug under a child eating. But, we've had one ever since Brie was born and we've never had anything land on it that we couldn't easily clean up. I like the look and feel of it. Let's hope this next baby is as clean of an eater.
I love Brielle's room! So cute.
But why switch to twin beds when Ava is older? My mom said Mary and I slept great and never got up at night once we shared a bed. And you already have a bed they can share in a darling room!
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